Inditex's net sales increased by 5% in FY13 (1 February 2013 - 31 January 2014) to €16.7 billion. Sales in constant currency terms grew by 8% and like-for-like sales grew by 3% during the same period, on top of the 6% achieved in FY12. ...
MeadWestvaco (MWV) has introduced a new lightweight paperboard, EnShield kit 5 for packaging foods. According to the company, the new EnShield offers barrier protection for foods that require resistance to oil and grease. The repulpable ...
MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today announced the launch of EnShield kit 5, a new lightweight paperboard for packaging foods that require resistance to oil and grease. EnShield kit 5 offers ...
Tags: Packaging, MWV, packaging solutions
This year, many areas of Ohio experienced extremely low temperatures for several days. (-20° as I was driving to an Extension meeting in Coshocton County on January 28.) Snowfall was also above average in many areas causing standing ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Wheat
The Michigan Dairy Ambassadors Program provides youth who are passionate about the dairy industry a unique leadership opportunity by offering trainings in agriculture advocacy and public relations. For many youth, what starts as a love ...
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Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC), in cooperation with Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV) and Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co., Ltd. (ZNA), will present an exciting line-up of more than 20 vehicles at Auto China 2014 ...
Tags: BladeGlider Concept, Autonomous Drive Car, transmission
Producers looking to take advantage of the growing consumer demand for local foods but having difficulty in finding methods to process their poultry, rabbit and fish for retail sale may want to consider setting up their own processing ...
Tags: consumer demand, Mobile processing units, potential market
Even the best medicine has side effects. For years, dairy producers have been selectively breeding their herds to encourage milk production. New insights have confirmed, though, that such efforts to satisfy society's demand for milk, cheese ...
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With no green showing in the pasture, few livestock producers are thinking about weed control, but now is the ideal time to control troublesome pasture weeds, says Dr. David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at ...
Tags: weed control, livestock, improving forage availability
It’s one of the most popular crops in the home garden. It’s 95 percent water, low in calories and an excellent source of vitamin K. It’s been grown in space and a mile underground. “The National Garden Bureau every ...
Tags: cucumbers, full sun and well-drained soil, encourage people to grow
Above-normal temperatures and high winds are turning winter into spring rapidly Oklahoma State University Extension Wheat Specialist Dr. Jeff Edwards tells Radio Oklahoma Network's Ron Hays. The latest crop weather reports, however, ...
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University of Utah chemists discovered how vibrations in chemical bonds can be used to predict chemical reactions and thus design better catalysts to speed reactions that make medicines, industrial products and new materials. "The ...
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Before seeding alfalfa into ground previously row-cropped, test soil acidity and adjust lime rates as needed, recommends Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. If you’re seeding new alfalfa this spring ...
Uncertainty surrounding total swine herd losses to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has sent lean hog futures for spring and summer contracts to record-high levels, but it's possible the markets have overreacted, a Purdue Extension ...
Tags: PEDv, Demand for pork, avoid the disease
Farmers rely more on individual private health insurance plans than most so many were a tractor or truck accident away from bankruptcy, a U.S. expert says. Heidi Johnson, Dane County University of Wisconsin-Extension crops and soils ...
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